News tagged with biomass burning

Assumptions about importance of modern wildfires wrong, study shows

(PhysOrg.com) -- An assumption that wildfires are at a record high today has been incorporated into scenarios used for projections of future climate change. However, several recent analyses of palaeoenvironmental ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 21, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Researchers find evidence of fire in Antarctic ice

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists studying Antarctic ice cores have found surprising evidence of a fluctuating pattern of carbon monoxide concentrations in the Earth's atmosphere caused by biomass burning in the Southern ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 02, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Charcoal evidence tracks climate changes in Younger Dryas

A new study reports that charcoal particles left by wildfires in sediments of 35 North American lake beds don't readily support the theory that comets exploding over the continent 12,900 years ago sparked ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Future fire -- still a wide open climate question

How the frequency and intensity of wildfires and intentional biomass burning will change in a future climate requires closer scientific attention, according to CSIRO's Dr Melita Keywood.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tracking down particulates

Wood-burning stoves are enjoying a surge in popularity. But burning biomass releases fine dust particles that are hazardous to health. Consequently, new legal limits for particulate emissions from such stoves ...

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 02, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0